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* The Final WW Date is the final date from which you can withdraw from the unit without academic penalty, however you will still incur a financial liability (see withdrawal dates explained for more information).

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Learning Outcomes

1. Identify earth materials and geological processes in laboratory and/or field on the basis of their characteristic properties.

2. Apply geological and geophysical methods to derive essential information on distributions and properties of the earth materials.

3. Classify engineering soils in a systematic and unified manner according to Australian and international standards.

4. Apply Darcy's law and Terzaghi's effective stress principle to evaluate soil permeability, deformation, and strength properties during the processes of water seepage through soils and soil consolidation.

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Requisites

Prerequisites

ENG103

Mutual Exclusions

You cannot enrol in this unit as well as the following:

KNE273

Teaching

Textbooks

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